“I have some news to tell you. Please don’t be sad. I am …. dying,” Simmons, 75, wrote in posts on Facebook and X on Monday. “The truth is we all are dying. Every day we live we are getting closer to our death.” “Why am I telling you this?” Simmons continued. “Because I want you to enjoy your life to the fullest every single day. Get up in the morning and look at the sky… count your blessings and enjoy.
The sole purpose of the post was meant to be inspirational.” In the thread of posts on his X page, Simmons writes about healthy eating and encouraged his followers to check out his workout videos available on his YouTube channel. “A big hug really goes a long way,” he wrote at the end of his post. Simmons grew a fitness business and became a television regular in the 1980s, with a reputation as a gregarious health advocate.